Smokeless Tobacco Market Size (2024 - 2029)

Smokeless Tobacco Market Analysis

The Smokeless Tobacco Market size is estimated at USD 14.61 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 16.41 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 2.36% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

• Although smoking is prohibited in many countries, the consumption of smokeless tobacco is permitted, which results in encouraging and shifting consumer demand from smoking to smokeless tobacco. Moreover, using snus and chewing tobacco is considered a traditional practice across various countries such as Sweden, Norway, India, and others, encouraging consumers to prefer smokeless tobacco over smoking, in turn propelling the market growth during the forecast period.
• Moreover, the rising popularity of smokeless tobacco products due to the ease of the application it provides to its users is a significant factor driving the market. The ease with which the product can be used anywhere, as compared to cigarettes, which cannot be smoked in public or no-smoking zones due to the negative impacts of combustion, has played an essential role in promoting the use of smokeless tobacco. The use of these tobacco products is known to be rising, especially among young people, in several Nordic countries and Estonia.
• The market is strongly affected by government regulations in different countries relating to smokeless tobacco products, which affects the market growth either positively or negatively. In countries like Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, and several countries under the European Union, the sales of smokeless tobacco products is prohibited, thereby, restraining the market growth in these regions. Whereas in countries like the United States, the government makes efforts to regulate the manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution of tobacco products, thereby, creating an opportunity for the growth of smokeless tobacco products in the market.

Smokeless Tobacco Industry Segmentation

Smokeless tobacco is a tobacco product that is neither burned nor inhaled but orally consumed through chewing or snusing. The smokeless tobacco market is segmented into product type, distribution channel, and geography. Based on product type, the market is segmented into chewing tobacco and moist snuff. Moist snuff is further bifurcated into US-style moist snuff (dip) and Swedish-style snus. Based on distribution channels, the market is segmented into convenience/traditional grocers, supermarkets/hypermarkets, online retail stores, and other distribution channels. Also, the study provides an analysis of the smokeless tobacco market in emerging and established markets across the globe, including North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Rest of the World. The market sizing has been done in value terms in USD for all the abovementioned segments.